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Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (Scope note)

The period Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age spans 3000BC to 1600BC. It tends, however, to be applied more specifically to the period 2500BC to 2150BC, when copper and gold are in use, but before bronze. The suggestion that this might represent a Copper Age has frequently been discussed, but never widely accepted.